With the Fortieth
Anniversary of the original Star Wars this month, a post about that franchise
is needed. Rebels continued to be
awesome, so here’s the latest season’s episode guide.
May the Fourth Be With
You!
September 24, 2016- March 25-2017
THRAWN IS BACK IN
CONTINUITY! And as awesome as ever. Kanan meets the Bendu, yet another throw away
name from the earliest days of the franchise, now given life as a Tom Baker voiced
giant, enigmatic sand Llama/Tortoise that is a master of the grey side of the force.
1.-2. "Star Wars
Rebels: Steps Into Shadow"
Jedi and Sith holocrons
combine to let Ezra and Maul both know that what they seek is on a planet with
Twin Suns…now where have we seen one like that in these movies before?
3 "The Holocrons of
Fate"
Sabine infiltrates the
academy and extracts Zeb, Wedge and Hobbie into the past movies of the future. Sideburns man is more clearly on the good guy
side.
4. "The Antilles
Extraction"
More fun with Hera’s
family, and a face to face with Thrawn and Hera where we see his awesome art
analysis method in action.
5. "Hera's
Heroes"
Giant Clone Wars tribute episode as first Rex
and a Super Tactical Droid clash, and then join their Rebel and Battle Droid
forces against the Empire.
6. "The Last
Battle"
First connections to
Sabine’s family as she butts heads with, then convinces some Imperial aligned
Mandalorians to bring their Fett like awesomeness to the Rebellion
7. "Imperial
Supercommandos"
The real Rebels meet an independent
group who thinks they don’t need help taking on the Galactic Empire. Surprise, they’re wrong!
8. "Iron
Squadron"
Hondo’s back! YAY!
What else do you need to know?
This- More of AP-5, the smart aleck former imperial inventory droid, who
is kind of a dark sarcastic Threepio.
9. "The Wynkahthu
Job"
Back to Lothal for the
first time in a while. Sideburns man reveals
himself to the Rebels, Thrawn continues awesomeness. TIE Defenders become cannon!
10. "An Inside
Man"
Nighstisters are back!
The Dark Saber is back! Maul is
back! Obi Wan is revealed. Holy Crap!
11. "Visions and
Voices"
Saw Gerrera comes back,
voiced by Forest Whitaker. Sorry Clone Wars voice guy. Everyone runs around Geonosis dealing with
traps, propaganda and if genocide is an allowable option in the Rebel playbook.
12.-13. "Ghosts of Geonosis"
Zeb Chopper and AP-5
deal with a monstrous Empire assassin droid. Confusion and hilarity ensue. They win but Thrawn learns a lot anyway,
‘cause he’s THRAWN!
14. "Warhead"
Sabine trains with a
black lightsaber, reveals her past, and impresses Fenn Rau of Mandalore.
15. "Trials of the
Darksaber"
Sabine rejoins her
family after some antsy, betrayal ridden bits. They get better, and she stays
there.
16."Legacy of
Mandalore"
Ezra, Chopper and AP-5
get captured in disguise on a Star Destroyer. Sideburns man helps them mess
with Thrawn’s “where are the Rebels” map.
They barely get away, and Sideburns man’s secret is safe…or is it?
17. "Through
Imperial Eyes"
Thrawn kicks’ Gold squadron’s
butt. Mon Mothma still escapes to Dantooine, to send out the word of a formal
Rebel Alliance. History tells us they all leave there before Leia tells Tarkin
that’s where the base is.
18. "Secret
Cargo"
Wedge takes Chopper and
AP-5 on a covert stealth mission. That goes about as well as expected. The
Imperial spy guys hack Chopper, and learn never to mess with Hera’s droids.
19. "Double Agent Droid"
Ezra follows the foreshadowing
of a bunch of episodes ago and goes to Tatooine. The final confrontation of Maul and Obi
Wan! WOO! Homages to “Old Wounds” abound, but the men
are nearly Episode IV levels older and slower now, yet it’s still awesome and feels right.
20. "Twin
Suns"
Thrawn springs his trap! Mandalorians and other famous Rebels join in!
Sideburns man has problems! The Bendu gets pissed at everyone! The Rebels squeak away and make it to Yavin
IV in time for the upcoming previously shown cinematic appointments.
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